August 20, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone: Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity. Read More

Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google: Whenever a Grok user clicks the "share" button on a conversation with the chatbot, it creates a unique URL that the user can use to share the conversation via email, text or on social media. According to Forbes, that also makes the URL indexable by search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, which in turn lets anyone look up those conversations on the web. Read More

Finally, Notion now works without an internet connection: For years, one of the most annoying issues with using Notion was that you couldn't get much done offline because of its cloud-first architecture. The company has finally solved that problem, adding support for an offline mode to its apps. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Meta is shaking up its AI org, again: On Friday, The Information reported that Meta was preparing to tear down its existing AI org and reorganize it into four new groups. Four days later, the change has been made official with an internal memo. Read More

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish: The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages for a broader audience. Read More

Google pays $30M to settle lawsuit over children's YouTube data: Google has agreed to pay $30M to settle a lawsuit over children's data collection, though the company denies wrongdoing. Read More

Y Combinator alum SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents: The company helps automate complex enterprise workflows (like continuous integration and testing) — or, in other words, it makes DevOps capabilities more efficient as AI technology takes hold. Read More

Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages: A new gadget called Dex allows kids to take pictures of objects and the AI translates the word into different languages. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling: While Deel is calling this a "Rippling-aligned" suit, it's not the lawsuit filed by Rippling involving an alleged corporate spy. Read More